Saturday, February 16, 2008

Entering the Drake

Nice mellow day today - didn't get out of bed until 9.30am - woo hoo!
Meeting after meeting from there on though. First meeting of the day
was the fire and safety meeting - how to put your life jacket on,
where to meet if there is an emergency, who to go to if your toilet
overflows.....all those fun things. Second meeting was Stian's gig -
outside safety, when you can go outside etc., last meeting was then a
chemical safety meeting and lab use. The first day of a cruise is
always this way, and it doesn't matter how many times you go on
cruises, you still have to have these meetings everytime you sail.
Then a siesta, dinner and now i'm sat in the lounge writing emails
while some people are watching a terrible movie!

Tomorrow we'll have a couple of science meetings, set up equipment
and chemicals, and generally get organised. It's still 4 days from
Palmer Station though (our first port of call), so we're still 6 days
away from starting science - which really means time to get other
work done too (writing papers.....), so should probably get into that
rhythm sometime too............now it might be time for another
siesta......:0)

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